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lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · Jul 30

@lawrightsreligion.bsky.social just released a new report on how faith communities are challenging brutal immigration policies as a violation of their religious freedom.

Read it & share.

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Report on Religious Liberty & Immigration — The Law, Rights & Religion Project

This report is intended as a practical tool for immigration attorneys, criminal defense lawyers, civil rights advocates, faith-based organizations, and houses of worship. Thumbnail image courtesy ...

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lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · 1d

FYI in case it's of interest-- we wrote a report on religious liberty violations & immigration law: lawrightsreligion.org/our-work/rel...

Report on Religious Liberty & Immigration — The Law, Rights & Religion Project

This report is intended as a practical tool for immigration attorneys, criminal defense lawyers, civil rights advocates, faith-based organizations, and houses of worship. Thumbnail image courtesy ...

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lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! We have some shorter docs as well and will be updating them periodically-- you can follow our work on our mailing list: lawrightsreligion.org/newsletter/#...

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lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for tracking! Do you have Doe v. USA or He v. Freden (withdrawn)? Both RFRA claims involving laypeople, though.

lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · 1d

Please share with anyone who might want to see it!

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lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · 1d

FYI, in case it's of interest: lawrightsreligion.org/our-work/rel...

Report on Religious Liberty & Immigration — The Law, Rights & Religion Project

This report is intended as a practical tool for immigration attorneys, criminal defense lawyers, civil rights advocates, faith-based organizations, and houses of worship. Thumbnail image courtesy ...

lawrightsreligion.org

lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · 1d

I know I sent you our short FAQ but we just did a whole report on what these claims could/have looked like: lawrightsreligion.org/our-work/rel...

Report on Religious Liberty & Immigration — The Law, Rights & Religion Project

This report is intended as a practical tool for immigration attorneys, criminal defense lawyers, civil rights advocates, faith-based organizations, and houses of worship. Thumbnail image courtesy ...

lawrightsreligion.org

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lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · 1d

Such important reporting by @jackjenkins.me. If you want a legal analysis on religious liberty and immigration, check out our report.

lawrightsreligion.org/our-work/rel...

(Also, Rev. Kardon in the article was my college roommate and not at all surprised to see her doing this amazing work).

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 1d

When you read this about people being *afraid to go to. church* lest they be snatched by ICE, remember that Cardinal Timothy Dolan serves on Trump's Religious Liberty Commission (www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...) and was honored by the Becket Fund this year (becketfund.org/media/cardin...)

The letters and video he brought to Leo detail the fear that even legal migrants are facing every day. U.S. citizens, immigrants with legal status and children have been among those detained in increasingly brazen and aggressive encounters by federal agents. In Leo’s hometown of Chicago, agents have stormed apartment complexes by helicopter as families slept, deployed chemical agents near a public school and arrested a city councilman in the hospital.

“They can’t go out. They are afraid to shop, to go to church and so they stay home,” wrote Maria in one of the letters delivered to Leo. Originally from Guatemala, she has lived in San Francisco for a quarter-century and qualified for asylum years ago, but has relatives in the U.S. who are not legal.

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lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · 13d

Have you assigned, cited, or otherwise used LRRP's materials in your work? Do us a big favor and let us know!

The Law, Rights & Religion Project @lawrightsreligion.bsky.social · 17d

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18d

Children's hospital chaplain Ayman Soliman, whose detention sparked a community uproar and became a test of counterterrorism powers in immigration court, was released from an Ohio jail Friday as DHS abruptly withdrew its case against him.

“This is beyond my dreams,” he told ProPublica.

Ohio Chaplain Freed From Jail as DHS Drops Deportation Case

“This is beyond my dreams,” Ayman Soliman told ProPublica on his release from an Ohio jail. In a case marked by errors and inconsistencies, DHS had accused the children’s hospital chaplain of…

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lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · 17d

Really want to know who's driving the Satanic Prius I see around my neighborhood.

lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · Aug 11

Annoyingly, I know I posted this article on twitter but impulse deleted my account a while ago without saving anything.

lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · Aug 11

I recall reading an article on a conservative site (I think ADF) that said religious-right-to-abortion cases should fail under Smith-- as @micahschwartzman.bsky.social & @richschragger.bsky.social predicted.

I can't find it now and know ADF removes articles. Does anyone else remember/have this?

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Interfaith Alliance @interfaithalliance.org · Aug 11

TODAY: Join us and @democracyforward.org from 1 - 2:15pm ET for a conversation on how Trump & SCOTUS are dismantling church-state separation — and what we can do about it.

Register here: support.interfaithalliance.org/a/brick-bric...

Event flyer for "Brick-by-brick: How Trump & SCOTUS are dismantling church-state separation" on Monday, August 11, 2025 at 1 to 2 p m eastern time.

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lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · Aug 8

I wanted to put this report on your radar: lawrightsreligion.org/our-work/rel...

Report on Religious Liberty & Immigration — The Law, Rights & Religion Project

This report is intended as a practical tool for immigration attorneys, criminal defense lawyers, civil rights advocates, faith-based organizations, and houses of worship. Thumbnail image courtesy ...

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The Law, Rights & Religion Project @lawrightsreligion.bsky.social · Aug 8

Join @lizrplatt.bsky.social on Monday at 1pm ET for an @interfaithalliance.org panel on how the Trump administration and Supreme Court are breaking down the United States' constitutional separation between church and state.

Register here: support.interfaithalliance.org/a/brick-bric...

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lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · Aug 7

We (mostly) won't, for theological, practical, and numerical reasons, and I think they basically know that. My take anyway. 😐

lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · Aug 7

Religious liberty!

Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · Aug 7

When I went to my office yesterday to get some books, I noticed that all the signs in Divinity Hall have small pieces of white paper taped over wherever any references to "diversity" or "inclusion" used to be...

Building map, marked "Divinity Hall, first floor," with all rooms marked byt one with white paper taped over the prior name.

lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · Aug 5

I promise I did not come up with the copy for this 😳

RNS @rns.org · Aug 3

This week on "The State of Belief," host the Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush is joined by Elizabeth Reiner Platt, the brilliant mind leading the Law, Rights, and Religion Project.
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From Sanctuary to Courtroom: Immigration and Religious Liberty with Legal expert Elizabeth Reiner Platt

Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush interviews Elizabeth Reiner Platt, ⁠Director of the Law, Rights, and Religion Project at Union Seminary.⁠ Liz is the author of the Project's new report,…

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lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · Aug 5

Hi Yonat-- this new LRRP report might be of interest: lawrightsreligion.org/our-work/rel...

Report on Religious Liberty & Immigration — The Law, Rights & Religion Project

This report is intended as a practical tool for immigration attorneys, criminal defense lawyers, civil rights advocates, faith-based organizations, and houses of worship. Thumbnail image courtesy ...

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lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · Aug 4

Had a great conversation with @raushenbush.bsky.social at @interfaithalliance.org about LRRP's new report on religious liberty & immigration. Thanks for inviting me!

www.interfaithalliance.org/post/from-sa...

From Sanctuary to Courtroom: Immigration and Religious Liberty with Legal expert Elizabeth Reiner Platt

Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush interviews Elizabeth Reiner Platt, ⁠Director of the Law, Rights, and Religion Project at Union Seminary.⁠ Liz is the author of the Project's new report,

www.interfaithalliance.org

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lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · Jul 30

For more on this case and many, many others at the intersection of religious freedom and immigration enforcement: lawrightsreligion.org/our-work/rel...

Report on Religious Liberty & Immigration — The Law, Rights & Religion Project

This report is intended as a practical tool for immigration attorneys, criminal defense lawyers, civil rights advocates, faith-based organizations, and houses of worship. Thumbnail image courtesy ...

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lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · Jul 30

Featuring litigation spearheaded by @democracyforward.org, @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social, @ccrjustice.org, @protectdemocracy.org, @aclu.org, @immcouncil.org, @justiceactionctr.bsky.social, @freemigration.bsky.social, @justicebeginshere.bsky.social ‬ and many, many others!

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lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social · Jul 30

Report on Religious Liberty & Immigration — The Law, Rights & Religion Project

This report is intended as a practical tool for immigration attorneys, criminal defense lawyers, civil rights advocates, faith-based organizations, and houses of worship. Thumbnail image courtesy ...

lawrightsreligion.org

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